The good judge of personality: Characteristics, behaviors, and observer accuracy

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 914-932

  Letzring, Tera D ^a  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Good judge; Judgmental accuracy; Person perception; Personality; Realistic accuracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 44149096024     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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